In the organizer's words:

On February 3, the exhibition about the New Synagogue in Hanover from 1870 will be shown for the last time.

"Ma towu - How good are your tents, Jacob" - the ceremonial inauguration of the New Synagogue in Hanover on September 15, 1870 begins with a prayer. The Jewish community takes over their new house of prayer in the proud conviction "that we now have one of the most beautiful synagogues in Germany."

The history of the New Synagogue is linked in many ways to the life and fate of the Jews. Several generations gather here to pray and proclaim God's word, carrying joys and sorrows from birth to death. The rabbis Samuel Ephraim Meyer, Selig Gronemann, Samuel Freund and Emil Schorsch as well as the cantors Heinrich Berggrün, Adolf Lazarus, Gerson Linhardt and Israel Alter all worked in the synagogue.

The exhibition is a production of the Hanoverian historian Dr. Peter Schulze. It shows plans and pictures of the New Synagogue, documents the building designs by architect Edwin Oppler, the design of the interior and the exterior as well as the positive response from the public and commemorates the destruction by the National Socialists on November 9, 1938.

Tickets for 15 (reduced 8) euros are available in the webshop at karten@villa-seligmann.deoder0511 844887-200.

We would like to kindly point out that photos and videos will be taken during this event, which will be published on our website and/or social media channels and used for press work. By participating, visitors to this event declare their consent to this.

The exhibition is being held in cooperation with the Historisches Museum Hannover.